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Microsoft will not reduce the price of its Xbox 360. So said John Porcaro, group manager of PR and communications for Microsoft U.S After ongoing rumors that Microsoft would slash the price of its gaming console, Porcaro used his blog to set the record straight....
Sony CEO Howard Stringer is adding fuel to the to fire in the battle over next-generation DVD formats. Stringer said movie studios are taking a liking to his firm's Blu-ray next-generation DVD, favoring the format over rival HD DVD technology Sony is going toe to toe with Toshiba for share of the high-definition DVD marketplace. Matsushita Electric...
Florian Mueller is at it once again. The founder of the NoSoftwarePatents.com campaign that led to the European Union's landslide vote against a proposal for a software patent directive is ready for the next battle The same forces that supported the software patent directive he successfully defeated are now trying to pass the European Patent Litiga...
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's timing couldn't be better The National Academy of Sciences Thursday reported that it's been 2,000 years since the Earth has had as high a temperature as it has right now. The news is giving Gore's New York Times bestselling book, An Inconvenient Truth a convenient boost....
Federal regulators on Wednesday agreed to impose or increase universal service fees on wireless and Internet-based phone subscribers The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) changed the "safe harbor" percentage for wireless carriers from 28.5 percent to 37.1 percent. The FCC is also requiring Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) carriers to contr...
For months, the so-called DVD format wars have been mostly theoretical -- but now, the real marketplace battle is finally getting underway. Sony and Toshiba, two of the frontrunners in the race, will face off with competing technologies, with Samsung being the first to make Sony's Blu-ray strike against Toshiba's HD DVD possible. Samsung is coming to market next week with a Blu-ray player that will play Sony's Blu-ray-based DVDs...
Video game titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mythic Entertainment Mythic is recognized for its success in the online gaming space with the "Dark Age of Camelot." The company is currently developing "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning" under license agreement with Games Workshop....
Opera Software on Tuesday released Opera 9, its newest Web browser. The browser is freely available in more than 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms Opera 9 attempts to improve the way its users access, share and use online content by including widgets -- small and useful Web programs -- and support for BitTorrent, the popular ...
While technology news buzzes around Vonage's (NYSE: VG) recent IPO and Skype making major moves into the enterprise, there is a nagging issue all Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) players face: 911 response Few can deny the cost saving benefits of Internet telephone services, but the chief concern is emergency situations -- when the drawbacks can...
As the battle for Instant Messaging (IM) market share heats up, Microsoft and Yahoo are upping the ante with new and improved communications services. While Microsoft is touting its Windows Live service with the release of its glorified Messenger, Yahoo is pushing plug-ins with its new beta Microsoft on Monday released Windows Live Messenger, the n...
Think taking your small business global is mission impossible? Think again. Communications advances are making globalization a reality, and it's the small business owners of the world who are busting borders and realizing greater growth potential So says Laurel Delaney, CEO of GlobeTrade.com and author of Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Busine...
The video game industry is feeling the strain of slower summer sales and console transitions, with stock prices of several of the top publicly traded game publishers taking a big hit this June With talk of options backdating becoming the next major Wall Street scandal -- more than 30 companies are under investigation and several executives have alr...
In a bid to stay ahead of the competitive pack, Nokia has unveiled five new mobile phones. The new models are scheduled to hit the market later this year The Nokia 6151, 6080, 1110i, 6275 and 2875 are the newest phones in Nokia's lineup. The phones leverage 3G networks and Bluetooth technologies to push wireless trends like digital downloads and st...
In another step to woo customers away from cable and satellite TV providers, Verizon Communications on Friday announced an agreement to carry PBS and the nation's local public television stations The deal will bring high-definition, educational and children's programming to Verizon's fiber-optic FiOS TV service subscribers. Verizon is trying to woo...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday announced a major transition for the company he founded. Gates will give up his day-to-day role at Microsoft effective July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "This was a hard decision for me," Gates said. "I'm very lucky to have two passio...
Google on Thursday announced a new search product designed to make it easier to find U.S. government information and keep up to date on government news Dubbed Google U.S. Government Search, the engine primarily caters to government employees in an effort to replicate its mainstream consumer success at the local, state and federal levels. The new en...
Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone announced on Thursday plans to establish the world's first global, open, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices The companies are developing a Linux-based platform that it hopes will lower development costs, increase flexibility and lead to a ric...
Google on Tuesday launched a new feature in its Picasa photo management application, Picasa Web Albums. The tool is designed to help users post and share their photos on the Web The invitation-only service comes with the latest version of Picasa and features one-click Web upload using the tool's new "Web Album" button. It also offers free storage s...
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is claiming victory over illegal file swapping. The vehement opposer of sites like BitTorrent and eDonkey reported this week that it now considers illegal file trading "contained." Legal digital downloads are up 77 percent, the RIAA said. Album sales, meanwhile, are down about 3 percent. While th...
Microsoft on Monday revealed the results of a 15-month test of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The utility that seeks out and destroys malware reported malicious programs, or bots, on six out of 10 Windows computers it examined Microsoft made the announcement at the Tech Ed conference in Boston, leaving little doubt that bots are pervasive on ...
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